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• Driver charged after road worker dies in lorry collision

  07-07-2022 23:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A man has been charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving after a highways worker died after being struck by a lorry on a site in Dorset.
  Pawel Stefanski, 31, was released on bail after appearing before Poole Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and is next due to appear at the court on Monday.
  Stefanski and the 54-year-old victim were both believed to be working for highways specialist Kiely Bros on a road resurfacing job in Ferndown.A spokesman for Kiely Bros said: “
  
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• Cladder crushed 2.6 tonnes of falling pipework

  07-07-2022 20:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  Two construction companies have been fined following an incident where a subcontractor was crushed when a fire sprinkler manifold pipework system fell on top of him during installation.
  On 26 October 2016, at the Markham Vale Business Park, Chesterfield, a cladding subcontractor suffered life changing injuries when he tried to remove some loose insulation from behind the manifold pipework and the 2.6 tonne structure fell on him, pinning him to the ground.
  An investigation by the Health and Safet
  
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• Tolent suffers £4.3m loss after High Street Group collapse hit

  07-07-2022 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Gateshead-based Tolent suffered a £4.3m loss last year, after a £2.1m hit from the collapse of the High Street Group and a loss-making contract.
  This latest set-back follows an £8.3m loss the year before and prompted a major financial restructuring at the firm, which achieved a 7% rise in revenue to nearly £200m.
  Mark Overton, chief financial officer at Tolent, said: “We have worked hard over the last 6 months to financially strengthen the business and increase
  
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• Persimmon build rates fall amid material and labour shortages

  07-07-2022 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing giant Persimmon built fewer homes in the first half of 2022 than the same period last year blaming material and labour shortages and delays in the planning system.
  A trading update today showed Persimmon delivered 6,652 new homes in the first half of this year compared to 7,406 last time.
  The firm said build rates were lower than expected “due to further delays in the planning system and material and labour shortages.”Persimmon said it held currently held around 89,000 plots
  
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• Morgan Sindall Highways chief departs

  07-07-2022 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall Highways managing director Paul Gott has left after 15 years at the business.Gott was MD of Highways at Morgan Sindall infrastructure for more than four and a half years.Gott joined Morgan Sindall Infrastructure in 2007 as part of the AMEC acquisition and progressed to be a senior director in 2010.
  He initially headed up the energy business, then tunnelling and major projects before taking operational responsibility for the Highways business unit.A spokesperson said: “We can
  
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• Balfour Beatty calls on supply chain to sign-up to Code of Ethics

  07-07-2022 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty is calling on its supply chain partners to sign up to a new Code of Ethics.
  The firm has decided to drop its prescriptive Code of Conduct in favour of the Code of Ethics that sets out key principles it expects its staff and supply chain to adhere to.
  The ‘Doing the Right Thing’ Code is underpinned by a Speak Up hotline promising confidentially or anonymous use.Balfour chief executive Leo Quinn said that going forward the code and accompanying Supplier Standards would f
  
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